re: The Conservative Myth of a Social Safety Net Built on Charity

Kindly take a look at the BILLIONS of dollars that have been collected by all of those nasty evil charitable donations from individuals of the "conservative" variety world wide whenever it was needed. Take a really deep look at how much of those funds came from the "Bible thumpers" in America and compare the distribution of funds by them versus government allocation of funds with all of the built-in cost associated with distribution both internally and externally at the sites in need of money. Look no farther than NOLA to view the massive reconstruction unndertakings of NOLA post-Katrina for an eye opening view of the difference between the two sides of the story. What percentage of waste is recordable on the govt. side.